Royal historians have slammed The Crown for over-embellishing a young Prince Charles’s relationship with Camilla Shand (later Parker-Bowles).
In the upcoming series, Charles (Josh O’Connor) and Camilla (Emerald Fennell) are seen meeting and falling in love in the early 1970s.
According to the show, Camilla was in an on/off romance with Major Andrew Parker-Bowles, who she would later marry.
The series also shows the Royal family deliberately making attempts to split Charles and Camilla, sabotaging their relationship with Lord Mountbatten (Charles Dance) posting Charles overseas, while the Queen Mother encourages Andrew and Camilla to wed.
But historians have slammed the claims, stating first off, that the Queen Mother didn’t trust Mountbatten very much.
‘I can discount them cooking up any kind of plot,’ Christopher Wilson, author and biographer who tracked Charles and Camilla’s relationship for book A Greater Love, declared to The Telegraph.
‘By the time Camilla actually met Prince Charles, she was already four years into a five-year campaign to get Andrew Parker Bowles up the aisle,’ he added.
Penny Junor, Royal biographer, added to the Telegraph that she feared the ‘dramatic licence’ the show has could damage their reputation.
In real life, Charles and Camilla first began dating in 1971, but their romance came to an abrupt end when Charles went off on naval duties.
Camilla then married Andrew Parker Bowles in 1973, with the marriage coming to an end in 1995.
Meanwhile, Charles went on to marry Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, which ended in divorce in 1996.
After decades of on/off relationships, Charles and Camilla were officially seen together as a couple in 1999, and finally married in a small ceremony in 2005.
The Crown season 3 launched 17 November on Netflix.
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